A SAMPLE OF INCONSISTENCY.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 282, 7 December 1911, Page 4

A SAMPLE OF INCONSISTENCY.

(Hastings Tribune.) have been able to show that tho Tdegr-aph lias been guilty of prevarication a,nd n lisrepr esen tntioj 1. A\e now propose to show that it is not even, true to itself or its party. \\ hat is. the Liberalism of the Topograph worth? It does not contain enough iixed principle to cover a, threepenny bit. During the last few months the columns have slopped over with gush about the Liberal Party. 1 iliti people have been implored to seo where their interests lay. To avoid the squatter a« they would si.'i and tho devil and ncv<-r trust tho Conservatives ik» matter how honest the protestations of disinterested purpose. Stand l by Liberalism has been the Telegraph cry, .and it a.J>most began to believe, in the wisdom of the ladvieo itself. But when it comes to a question of personal prejudice v. political integrity tho Telegraph always falls. Thus we find that our eonto.m[>oia ry professes blind, fatuous Liberalism in Napier-, and in Waipawui it .supports .about the only rank Conservative in the Reform party. ]n, the Wa'.pawa contest there is a straight-out contest between Government and Reform. Mr Hunter is -an old school politician. Mr J-u.ll is one of tho most able Liberia')! candidates offering -his service.? to the people. Yet our coik temporary conquers 'his horror of tho squatter, deserts his- -party, and condemns the Liberal candidate. Wliy cannot, the Telegraph's washy Liberalism standi a journey of a. few miles into W aipawa electorate? UecaiiM} Mr ,} nil bumped into tho "Corner Party" who tried to run the Harbor Board. He also increased tho haulage 'and wharfage on coal, we arc told. The Napier Gas Company is a very large consumer of coal, but i« there anything wrong in that?—No!